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OHIO. 



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The wall varies in width from 16 to 20 feet; height on the inside from 

 1 to 2 feet and ou-the outside to the bottom of the ditch from 3 to 5 feet. 

 The ditch iu some places presents no outer bank, having been dug 

 apparently only for the purpose of increasing the distance to the top of 

 the wall, thus rendering access to the inclosure more difficult. 



The entire circuit of the wall, exclusive of the gateway, is 2,176 feet, 

 the greatest width 675 feet, and greatest length 785 feet. On every 

 side, except in front of the gateway, the ground slopes directly from 

 the ditch to the bottom of the hill. There are three small mounds con- 

 nected with it, one at each side of the gateway and one partly on the 

 wall near the northeastern extremity. 



The three following mounds are plainly visible from the level space 

 in front of the gateway. The large mound near the Amsterdam church, 

 S. 480 W., distance 

 2 J miles; the large 

 "Stone mcmnd," S. 

 620 E., three-fourths 

 of a mile; and anoth- 

 er, S. 3(»o W., half a 

 mile away. 



SrONK FORT ON KI.INT 

 RIPGE. 



This inclosure, S 

 miles southeast of 

 Newark, is located on 

 the point of nn elon- 

 gate level space about 

 a mile in length. It 

 IS composed, with the 

 exception of a short 

 space on the east side, 

 where it is chiefly 

 earth, of flint blocks 

 gathered from the out- 

 crops in the immediate vicinity, and is of the form shown in Fig. 318. 

 The length of the north wall (the measurements in all cases being to 

 the middle line) is C03 feet; of the eastern wall to the edge of the ra\'ine 

 at the southeast corner, 422 feet; of the south wall from the ravine to 

 the southwest corner, 511 feet; of the west wall, 607 feet. Width of 

 the wall varies from 20 to 30 feet; present-height, from 1 to 2 feet. 



There are two included and two exterior mounds (the latter not shown 

 iu the figure), the larger one, on the inside, being a little over 100 feet in 

 diameter and about 15 feet high; the others, small, varying li-om 20 to 

 30 feet in diameter and from 1 to ."! feet in height. The area inclosed is 

 about 7 acres. 



Fk;. :il8.— Stono fort on Flint ridge, Lirkiug fouDty, Ohio. 



